class OpenStruct
An OpenStruct is a data structure, similar to a Hash, that allows the definition of arbitrary attributes with their accompanying values. This is accomplished by using Ruby's metaprogramming to define methods on the class itself.
Examples
require "ostruct" person = OpenStruct.new person.name = "John Smith" person.age = 70 person.name # => "John Smith" person.age # => 70 person.address # => nil
An OpenStruct employs a Hash internally to store the attributes and values and can even be initialized with one:
australia = OpenStruct.new(:country => "Australia", :capital => "Canberra") # => #<OpenStruct country="Australia", capital="Canberra">
Hash keys with spaces or characters that could normally not be used for method calls (e.g. ()[]*) will not be immediately available on the OpenStruct object as a method for retrieval or assignment, but can still be reached through the Object#send method.
measurements = OpenStruct.new("length (in inches)" => 24)
measurements.send("length (in inches)")   # => 24
message = OpenStruct.new(:queued? => true)
message.queued?                           # => true
message.send("queued?=", false)
message.queued?                           # => false
 Removing the presence of an attribute requires the execution of the delete_field method as setting the property value to nil will not remove the attribute.
first_pet = OpenStruct.new(:name => "Rowdy", :owner => "John Smith") second_pet = OpenStruct.new(:name => "Rowdy") first_pet.owner = nil first_pet # => #<OpenStruct name="Rowdy", owner=nil> first_pet == second_pet # => false first_pet.delete_field(:owner) first_pet # => #<OpenStruct name="Rowdy"> first_pet == second_pet # => true
Implementation
An OpenStruct utilizes Ruby's method lookup structure to find and define the necessary methods for properties. This is accomplished through the methods method_missing and define_singleton_method.
This should be a consideration if there is a concern about the performance of the objects that are created, as there is much more overhead in the setting of these properties compared to using a Hash or a Struct.
Public Class Methods
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 91
def initialize(hash=nil)
  @table = {}
  if hash
    hash.each_pair do |k, v|
      k = k.to_sym
      @table[k] = v
    end
  end
end Creates a new OpenStruct object. By default, the resulting OpenStruct object will have no attributes.
The optional hash, if given, will generate attributes and values (can be a Hash, an OpenStruct or a Struct). For example:
require "ostruct"
hash = { "country" => "Australia", :capital => "Canberra" }
data = OpenStruct.new(hash)
data   # => #<OpenStruct country="Australia", capital="Canberra">
  Public Instance Methods
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 359 def ==(other) return false unless other.kind_of?(OpenStruct) @table == other.table! end
Compares this object and other for equality. An OpenStruct is equal to other when other is an OpenStruct and the two objects' Hash tables are equal.
require "ostruct"
first_pet  = OpenStruct.new("name" => "Rowdy")
second_pet = OpenStruct.new(:name  => "Rowdy")
third_pet  = OpenStruct.new("name" => "Rowdy", :age => nil)
first_pet == second_pet   # => true
first_pet == third_pet    # => false
  # File lib/ostruct.rb, line 244 def [](name) @table[name.to_sym] end
Returns the value of an attribute.
require "ostruct"
person = OpenStruct.new("name" => "John Smith", "age" => 70)
person[:age]   # => 70, same as person.age
  # File lib/ostruct.rb, line 259 def []=(name, value) modifiable?[new_ostruct_member!(name)] = value end
Sets the value of an attribute.
require "ostruct"
person = OpenStruct.new("name" => "John Smith", "age" => 70)
person[:age] = 42   # equivalent to person.age = 42
person.age          # => 42
  # File ext/json/lib/json/add/ostruct.rb, line 17
def as_json(*)
  klass = self.class.name
  klass.to_s.empty? and raise JSON::JSONError, "Only named structs are supported!"
  {
    JSON.create_id => klass,
    't'            => table,
  }
end Returns a hash, that will be turned into a JSON object and represent this object.
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 308
def delete_field(name)
  sym = name.to_sym
  begin
    singleton_class.remove_method(sym, "#{sym}=")
  rescue NameError
  end
  @table.delete(sym) do
    raise NameError.new("no field `#{sym}' in #{self}", sym)
  end
end Removes the named field from the object. Returns the value that the field contained if it was defined.
require "ostruct"
person = OpenStruct.new(name: "John", age: 70, pension: 300)
person.delete_field("age")   # => 70
person                       # => #<OpenStruct name="John", pension=300>
 Setting the value to nil will not remove the attribute:
person.pension = nil person # => #<OpenStruct name="John", pension=nil>
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 283
def dig(name, *names)
  begin
    name = name.to_sym
  rescue NoMethodError
    raise TypeError, "#{name} is not a symbol nor a string"
  end
  @table.dig(name, *names)
end Extracts the nested value specified by the sequence of name objects by calling dig at each step, returning nil if any intermediate step is nil.
require "ostruct"
address = OpenStruct.new("city" => "Anytown NC", "zip" => 12345)
person  = OpenStruct.new("name" => "John Smith", "address" => address)
person.dig(:address, "zip")            # => 12345
person.dig(:business_address, "zip")   # => nil
data = OpenStruct.new(:array => [1, [2, 3]])
data.dig(:array, 1, 0)   # => 2
data.dig(:array, 0, 0)   # TypeError: Integer does not have #dig method
  # File lib/ostruct.rb, line 144
def each_pair
  return to_enum(__method__) { @table.size } unless block_given?
  @table.each_pair{|p| yield p}
  self
end Yields all attributes (as symbols) along with the corresponding values or returns an enumerator if no block is given.
require "ostruct"
data = OpenStruct.new("country" => "Australia", :capital => "Canberra")
data.each_pair.to_a   # => [[:country, "Australia"], [:capital, "Canberra"]]
  # File lib/ostruct.rb, line 369 def eql?(other) return false unless other.kind_of?(OpenStruct) @table.eql?(other.table!) end
Compares this object and other for equality. An OpenStruct is eql? to other when other is an OpenStruct and the two objects' Hash tables are eql?.
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 202
def freeze
  @table.each_key {|key| new_ostruct_member!(key)}
  super
end Object#freeze # File lib/ostruct.rb, line 379 def hash @table.hash end
Computes a hash code for this OpenStruct. Two OpenStruct objects with the same content will have the same hash code (and will compare using eql?).
See also Object#hash.
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 324
def inspect
  ids = (Thread.current[InspectKey] ||= [])
  if ids.include?(object_id)
    detail = ' ...'
  else
    ids << object_id
    begin
      detail = @table.map do |key, value|
        " #{key}=#{value.inspect}"
      end.join(',')
    ensure
      ids.pop
    end
  end
  ['#<', self.class, detail, '>'].join
end Returns a string containing a detailed summary of the keys and values.
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 153 def marshal_dump @table end
Provides marshalling support for use by the Marshal library.
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 160 def marshal_load(x) @table = x end
Provides marshalling support for use by the Marshal library.
# File lib/ostruct.rb, line 124
def to_h(&block)
  if block_given?
    @table.to_h(&block)
  else
    @table.dup
  end
end Converts the OpenStruct to a hash with keys representing each attribute (as symbols) and their corresponding values.
If a block is given, the results of the block on each pair of the receiver will be used as pairs.
require "ostruct"
data = OpenStruct.new("country" => "Australia", :capital => "Canberra")
data.to_h   # => {:country => "Australia", :capital => "Canberra" }
data.to_h {|name, value| [name.to_s, value.upcase] }
            # => {"country" => "AUSTRALIA", "capital" => "CANBERRA" }
  # File ext/json/lib/json/add/ostruct.rb, line 28 def to_json(*args) as_json.to_json(*args) end
Stores class name (OpenStruct) with this struct's values v as a JSON string.
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